Domestic Couple in Wantage, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
A highly professional domestic couple is required for a 12 bedroom country house in Oxfordshire, near Wantage, United Kingdom. This is a part-time residence, the owners spend weekends and a few holidays there but not all weekends, and not all holidays.
The household is quite formal. The lady in the couple would serve as a house manager/ cook/ housekeeper, and the gentleman would be a butler/driver/ handy person/ house manager.
There are other full time staff employed on the property at the moment: 1 estate manager, 2 gardeners, 1 gamekeeper, 1 daily cleaner. When the house is fully occupied, the couple will get external help such as a professional chef, a butler, etc.
Start: As soon as possible.
Requirements
- Solid experience in a similar position
- Verifiable references
- Driving licence
- Very good cooking skills
- Happy to work in a formal household
- Very clean and presentable
- Meticulous and hard workers
- Willing to learn
- Flexible
Duties and Responsibilities
- Cooking tasty meals for the family
- Happy to learn new recipes, mainly Mediterranean, French, Asian cuisine
- Cleaning to a high standard
- Ironing
- Overall management and maintenance of the house
- Reporting to the estate manager
- Serving at the table
- Driving, running errands
- Washing cars
- Cleaning
- Helping in the kitchen
- Reporting to the estate manager
Schedule
This is a full time position. The couple will have to work every weekend when the owners are in residence, will take days off during the week.
Could be long hours, flexibility is needed, time off will be given to catch up.
Accommodation
A 2 bedroom house will be provided for the use of the couple. Cats totally forbidden because of allergy in the family.
Salary
Negotiable, depending on profile.
Post on 07/11/2018 by Morgan & Mallet International
Ad reference 893 LD
Position filled
